Backgammon game outfit



Au fzo, 1935. A PO-PPER 2,012,140

BACKGAMMON GAME OUTFI T Filed Oct. 24, 1934 n l ll Pat nted Aug. 20,1935 Y 2,012,140-

TJUNITED :s rE S Q F V i ao ai io BACKGAIMMONI GAME OUTFIT ArthurPopper, New Ydrk, Y. hpplicationpctober 24, 19 3 4j'Serial No. 749,695 I sol iins. (01.273-136) I This inventionrelatesto n w and useful 'imtheir edges so as'to' be o'apabie efess ming a provements in agan'le outfit. II I closed position as shown in Fig. 1, or to bepiv- The invention has for an object the construcoted to an open position as shown in Fig; 2. One

tion of a'game outfit; having a game 'board in of the board sections is provided with a handle ll j 5 eluding a pair of board sections hingedly cone by whichthe device may be convenientlycarriedv *5 nected at one ofj their' edges and characterized 'whenin the closed position. Severallatchesl; by theprovisionjof cavities on'each of th'e secare arrangedupon the edges of the sections in J tions aligned witheach other whenthe sections such amanner that they may be closed for holdare closed for holding equipment for the playing i'ng the board in the closed position. The board Qirthe game I I sections preferably should include a frame Iii 16 Moreparticularly, the invention proposes proex ended around theperipheryz The int ri r l viding the board sections with frames and to of the board may'be-of anumber'oflayers ofma form said cavities within said frame. terial or may be hollow," or any other desirable I 7 II Another one of theobjects'of this invention is construction; I j, i to equally arrange thefdepths of the cavities in --'Ihe'feature of this invention is the provision 15 each of the sections to correspond withsubst'anf'ofcavities M, l5, etc., on" one of the boardsectially one-half of the height of the equipment intions and in}alignmentwith,corresponding'cavitended to bedisposed within the cavities, so that fi 5", etc. on the other-boardf i when the equipmentis stored it will extend equal- These cavities are formed onfadjacent faces of 20 into each of the a1igned'gavities the board sections,in the closed position, and 20 'Still furtherftheinvention alsofcontemplates r fjeq epth'hav n a total height sub- 7 the provision of'containers open at the top and stentially u t thickness of t qu p adapted to assume positions in the cavitie of one ment intended to be stored in these cavities. board section and capable of engaging over th The cavities are arranged in theframework H] of equipment and t othepoavities of the. board, the board sections. The cavities H! are arranged 5 sections to cover the equipment, irres ctive" of at t e sides of the beard sections and are adapt the open or closedposition, of the game board. ed to hold. a store, c e ferab y,

. stil further th in nti n propose t these checkers shouldbe arranged withthe White struction of a device of the class'mentioned which Ones at n 61 nd the black ones at the other.

3 is simple and durable and which can be manud ewe-clearly illustrated in Fig T av factured and sold at a reasonable cost. p l5 and da to hold the'dice IT, For further comprehension'of theLin'Venti n; WhIQh 153150 equipment e P ayi g .Of the and of the objects and advantages thereof, ref-e g 3 the board sections are shown erence will be had to the following description closed, audi ShouldTbe noted, thatthe q pand accompanying drawing, and to the'append-, ment 1 dS qi1 y nto each of the-cavities 35 ed claims in which the various novel .features of V of thesect'ions; I I I V I the invention are more particularly set forth. The feature of housingthe equipment; of the In the accompanyingdrawing forming a magame outfit in the boards lies in the fact that terial part of this disclosure:--

I I then the nuisance of having a foreign box is 40 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a game outfit avoided. The game is then one compact unit 40' I constructed according to this invention, and and may besold in this manner. I I shown in the closed position. I InFigs. .4 and 5, a modification of the inven- Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1 showing the game tion has been shown in'whichprovision is made outfit in an open position. for holding the equipment upon one of the board Fig.3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on I sections to avoid "a possibility ofgspilling the'45- theline 3--3 of Fig. 1. I eduipment when the board sections areopened, Fig. 4 is afragmentary plan view similar to the. More particularly, the board section'lfl is formed upper'end of Fig. 2 but illustratinga modification with the cavities I4, l5; etc., previously described. of the invention. I Adjacent these cavities there are" snap fastener Fig.5 is afragmentary sectional view as though, elements Hi. In the cavities l4, 15', etc. of the 50 taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4, but illustrating board section lo there arepcsitioned contain-1 the container in its closed position. I ers l9, 2!), etc., which are open'at thetop and The game outfit, according to this invention, which are provided with small flanges upon which I includes a game board. consisting of board sec- I there aremounted complementary snap fastener tions Ill and. l hingedly connected at one of elements ZI. These complementary snap fas- 55 V tener elements are adapted to co-actwith the elements [8 for holding the container in position upon the board section Ill In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5, the equipment may be stored in the cavities of the board section w and in the containers i9, 23, etc, of the board section 10 These containers are removable from the cavities of the board section I6 and may assume independent positions over the cavities of the board section Ill vThis is indicated in Fig. 5. With this arrangement the board sections may be opened, but the equipment will be held against accidental displacement. The containers may be pulled free from the board section we and placed in the cavities of the board section l}? .during the playing of the game.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

,Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letter Patent is: v I

1. In a game outfitfa game. board including pairs of board sections hingedly connected on one'of their edges and having cavities on each of the sections aligned when the'sections are in closed positions, removable ing equipment to be used in the playing of the game, and equipment for playing the game housed in'said'cavities.

2. In a game outfit, a game board including pairs of board sections hingedly connected on containers within I said cavities for the purpose of storingand holding equipment to be used in the playing of the game, equipment for playing the game housed in said cavities, and means for releasably holding the containers in one of the sections over cavities in the'other of said sections.

3. In a game outfit, a game board including a pair of board sections hingedly connected at one of their edges and having cavities in each of the sections and aligned with each other when the sections are inthe closed positions, containers with open tops in the cavities of one of the sections, means for releasably' connecting said con-- tainers over the cavities in the other of the sections, and equipment for playing the game housed in said cavities and containers.

4 In a game outfit, a game board including a' pair of board sections hingedly connected at one of their edges and having cavities in each of the sections and aligned with each other when the sections are in theclosed positions, containers with open tops in the cavities of one of the sec-- tions, means 'for releasably connecting said containers over the cavities in the other of the sections, and equipment for playing the game housed in said cavities and containers, said means for holding the containers comprising snap fastener elements on onerof the board sections engageable with complementary snap fastener elements upon said containers. A

[ In a game outfit, a game board including a pa r of board sections hingedly. connected at one of theiredges and having cavities in each of the sections and aligned with each other when the sections arein theclosed' positions, containers with open tops in the cavities of one of the sections', means for. releasably connecting said containers over the cavities in the other of the sections', and equipment for playing the game housed in said cavities and containers, said containers being separate fromthe board section and adapted to be removed from the cavities.

ARTHUR POPPER. 

